Security & compliance

What is role-based access control?

Controlling what each user can see and change through defined roles rather than blanket access.

By Cláudia FernandesUpdated 2026-10-02

RBAC keeps the blast radius small: a developer sees their team's repositories, a security lead sets policy, an auditor reads without changing anything. It is what makes a tool safe to roll out organization-wide.

The capability everyone checks too late is who can dismiss a finding or bypass a gate. If that is available to every user by default, your policy is advisory regardless of how the gates are configured.

What to look for

Whether roles are predefined or genuinely customizable
Repository- and team-level scoping, not just organization-wide roles
Which roles may dismiss findings or bypass gates
Whether role assignment can be driven from your identity provider

Best 20 code quality, security and code review tools with role-based access control

Every tool in the directory whose documentation covers this, 18 fully and 2 partially. Full support is shown first. Shown in a random order that changes on every visit, so no tool gets an advantage from its position.

Support is not the same as parity, since some implementations are narrower in scope, gated to a higher plan tier, or maintained only for existing customers. The note under each tool is what its own documentation describes.

Code Security Platform

Aikido

Admin, default and team-only roles; default and team-only users can be read-only, with per-user permission toggles.

AI Coding Agent

ChatGPT / Codex

Workspace-level access controls, admin toggles, per-repo review preferences, allow-users/allow-bots in CI.

Code Security Platform

Checkmarx One

Predefined roles (Admin, Access Control Manager, User Manager, SCA Manager, SCA Scanner, SCA Viewer, External Platform User), custom roles, Teams, project scoping.

AI Coding Agent

Claude Code

Owner/Primary Owner roles gate setup; PR triggers require owner, member or collaborator access.

Code Quality Platform

Codacy

Owner, Admin, Manager, Developer, Read-only roles; 'advanced RBAC' listed as Business.

PR Review Tool

CodeAnt AI

Custom and preset roles scoped to repositories or teams; pricing lists RBAC under the Enterprise plan.

PR Review Tool

CodeRabbit

Built-in Admin, Member, Billing Admin roles; custom per-resource RBAC requires Enterprise

Code Quality Platform

CodeScene

Predefined roles from Admin to Bot, assignable globally or per group or project; an Enterprise inclusion, on-prem today with Cloud support planned.

Code Security Platform

Corgea

6 recommended roles plus custom permission groups across 18 permission categories; Team Management named at Scale

PR Review Tool

Cursor (Bugbot)

Admin versus member roles, per-user Bugbot allow/blocklists, Enterprise repository, model and MCP access controls.

AI Coding Agent

Gemini Code Assist

IAM-based access control built on least privilege; roles recommended at developer-group level.

Code Security Platform

GitHub Advanced Security

Security manager role, delegated push-protection bypass by user/role/team, runner groups, custom properties targeting

PR Review Tool

Greptile

Organization Admin/Member roles; per-team Admin/Member roles in multi-team workspaces

Code Quality Platform

Qlty

'Custom permissions' (RBAC) is Enterprise-only on the pricing comparison table

Code Security Platform

Semgrep

Admin, Manager, Member roles with team management API and per-user/per-project access; listed under Teams.

Code Security Platform

Snyk

Fixed roles on Team; Custom Roles require Ignite or Enterprise; dedicated Rule Extensions permissions.

Code Quality Platform

SonarQube

Role-based access control and project-level permissions; permission templates need Team or Enterprise.

Code Security Platform

Veracode

Named roles including Security Lead, Reviewer, Security Labs admin/manager/user, Free Trial Admin

Code Quality Platform

DeepSource

GraphQL API exposes access control and WRITE-access checks; Enterprise Control Panel adds global policy controls. No role matrix documented.

PR Review Tool

Qodo

Organization admin and Team owner roles plus admin-versus-member rule approval; no granular RBAC model

Audit Logs SSO (SAML)Compliance Reporting & Exports

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